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Steve Thorp's avatar

Wow, this is shocking isn't it? It would be interesting to get statistics across MH services and beyond Scotland too. Something systemic seems to be going on. From a different perspective - that of access of young people and children to mental health services - there seems to be another systemic crisis. A perfect storm of resources, archaic attitudes and discriminatory practices... maybe?

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Julia Macintosh's avatar

Indeed. this was just one hospital's figures! And surely not capturing the full picture - just the officially recorded information. And yet I'm hopeful that there is change afoot - even in small ways.

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